NHS priorities

Whether it’s to prepare for the next Quality Payments Scheme deadline, or to increase your confidence in helping people with a learning disability, this section provides topic-specific pages that link to current NHS priorities. This section will support you in keeping your knowledge and skills up to date in order to provide high-quality pharmacy services and be service-ready.

Clinical pharmacy

Our clinical portfolio is expanding on a frequent basis, helping you to advance your knowledge and skills and deliver medicines optimisation in practice for all sectors of pharmacy. From two new focal points a year to our small group learning for hospital pharmacists – Optimise – this section focuses on clinical pharmacy, diseases and therapeutics.

Public health

The public health agenda is embedded in pharmacy, yet topics such as emergency contraception or stop smoking support are as prevalent as ever. As well as our public health workshops, use this section to access a wide range of resources to assure and maintain your competence, all underpinned by the Declaration of Competence system.

Introduction

Test yourself

Core and foundation learning

This e-learning programme has been developed to provide you with a broad spectrum of information to enable you to provide effective care for people with diabetes mellitus. It aims to enhance the contribution you make to the care of people with diabetes.

Please note: this e-learning programme has been developed and provided by the Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development (NICPLD). Users should recognise that this programme will refer to Northern Ireland's policies and organisations. After ordering this programme, you will be redirected to their website where the resource is hosted. Please be aware that CPPE does not maintain control over the accuracy and currency of this programme.

16h:00m (for events this includes pre and post event learning)

Learning Objectives:

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:

identify risk factors associated with developing diabetes

distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes

describe best practice in managing patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

recognise the various parameters that are used to judge metabolic control

make recommendations to prevent the complications of diabetes or manage them should they occur

provide guidance on monitoring diabetes in special cases, such as pregnancy

enhance the contribution you make to the care of people with diabetes.